Sing Out
- Sung to
- John Brown's Body
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
Know the tune John Brown's Body? You're ready.
Record your gaggle singing it and we'll feature it here.
- Read the lyrics through once silently before singing.
- If the original tune is unfamiliar, look it up first.
- Modify freely. Every gaggle adapts songs to local issues.
We sing the many causes and we protest many wrongs
We try to make a diff’rence with our hats and with our songs
We fight against indifference and outright prejudice
And we work with other folk for peace
(point out to the crowd)
Chorus:
Sing out, sing out with the Grannies
Sing out, sing out with the Grannies
Sing out, sing out with the Grannies
For together we are strong
(hold up arms, showing muscles)
We celebrate the courage of all ordinary folk
Communities that strengthen us and friends to share a joke
Survivors of adversity and mental health distress
Who, living fully, show us how to give and bless
Chorus
Our governments must listen to their citizens’ loud pleas
Recognize the problems and re-spon-si-bi-li-ties
Alleviate the poverty, provide health care for all
Homes for the homeless, justice, peace, rights for all
Chorus